[AG-TECH] SPAM

[Ivan R. Judson]

Well,

Perhaps it's time to move 'chatty' discussion to ag-users? You can find
information about this list at:
http://www-unix.mcs.anl.gov/fl/research/accessgrid/about/maillist.html.

This would help keep ag-tech more technical (aka, terse, but valuable :-).

--Ivan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov [mailto:owner-ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov] On
> Behalf Of Derek Piper
> Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 12:20 PM
> To: AG-TECH mailing list
> Subject: Re: [AG-TECH] SPAM
> 
> 
> 	Maybe we should have an 'ag chat' list too :)
> 	It always happens on any mailing list. People get to know each other
> and sometimes the mails are 'chatty', then those that don't post much to
> it get all bent out of shape and ideas are raised for another more
> 'loosely defined' list for all the chatters to subscribe to.
> 	I'm personally not bothered either way. What's a little more
> disturbing
> to me is SEEING the unsubscribe messages from people that are supposedly
> managing sophisticated videoconferencing applications when they can't
> send their unsubscribe message correctly to the right address. :)
> 
> See here, for mailing list info:
> 
> http://www-unix.mcs.anl.gov/fl/research/accessgrid/about/maillist.html
> 
> 	Derek
> 
> Lee Margetts wrote:
> > Have you guys noticed the recent UNSUBSCRIBE emails.
> >
> > This mailing list generates a very high volume and much of it is
> needless.  I personally do not feel the need to read three consecutive
> emails thanking NCSA.  Thank them directly, they'll appreciate it.
> >
> > The past months, I have remained a subscriber but just delete all the
> emails, unread.  The UNSUBSCRIBES aroused my interest - and after what
> I've read, I dont blame them for wanting to get out.
> >
> > Dr Lee Margetts
> > Senior Consultant
> > High Performance Computing
> > University of Manchester
> >
> > http://www.sve.man.ac.uk/General/Staff/margetts
> >
> > --- Original Message ---
> >
> >>Heartfelt thanks from JSU too! Unicast bridges are our life
> >>saver when multicast won't cooperate. Yesterday's successful
> >>testing was a great relief... We appreciate your dedication
> >>and service to the AG community.
> >>
> >>Monika
> >>
> >>
> >>>I'll second that! Many of us take the NCSA resources for
> >>>granted. They  don' t HAVE to do what they do. Thank you!
> >>>
> >>>By the way, um, there still seemed to be problems on
> >>>Tuesday. Multicast  people couldn't receive video from
> >>>bridged people.
> >>>
> >>>Darin
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>On Feb 16, 2006, at 8:54 AM, Cindy Sievers wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>I'd like to take this opportunity to thank Mike Miller
> >>>>and the network  folks at NCSA for all of their efforts
> >>>>in identifying and solving the  problems with the
> >>>> unicast bridge they run against their public venues.
> >>>
> >>>The public venue server and associated bridges that NCSA
> >>>
> >>>>provides to  the Access Grid community are invaluable
> >>>>for many of the large and  small events that occur. For
> >>>>many participants who work in extremely  restrictive
> >>>>environments behind firewalls, we have come to depend on
> >>>
> >>> the public servers. I know that from at least my
> >>>
> >>>>perspective, we would  have been unable to participate
> >>>>in many of the highly visible and  important events that
> >>>>have taken place over the past few years if it  were not
> >>>
> >>>for the services provided by NCSA.  Taking the time to
> >>>
> >>>>track  down and fix network issues is frustrating, but
> >>>>we all realize how  important this task is.  So a huge
> >>>>thanks goes out to the folks at  NCSA for putting forth
> >>>>the effort and making such a tremendous  contribution to
> >>>
> >>>the Access Grid community! >
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>>============================================
> >>>>Cindy Sievers           Los Alamos National Laboratory
> >>>>sievers at lanl.gov        Group CCS-1 MS B287
> >>>>tel:505.665.6602        Advanced Computing
> >>>>fax:505.665.4939        Los Alamos, NM 87544
> >>>>============================================
> >>>>
> >>
> >
> >
> 
> --
> Derek Piper - dcpiper at indiana.edu - (812) 856 0111
> IRI 323, School of Informatics
> Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana